I would like to also congragulate Dr Reed for showing this type of case. I have often lectured that if we had unlimited donor meeting patients expectations of naturalness and density would be easy. The real skill is to be able make a patient with limited donor look the best they can. This means to be able to understand thier expectations and then be able to create patterns and distributions of hair that will look natural (maybe not full) withing the contraints of thier limited donor. Their are alot of tricks to doing this and part of it is to know the pattrens that will look natural when one has a thinning look. Obviously there are some people who when told they cannot get the fullness they had hoped for due to thier poor donor who will opt for just shaving if they cant get that. But thier are many who are very grateful for a procedure that will turn back the hands of time to a place when they had hair ....although slightly thinning...as long as it looks natural.

We can all show the wow results but it skews the what is the situation in a larger percentage of patietns with poor characteristics.

I know Dr Reed and he is one of the brightest minds I know. I commend him for showing this type of situation

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I also think people are forgetting that we should not project our own expectations and hopes onto others. In other words, maybe this guy is ecstatic regarding his new look. In that case, no one should be telling him he wasn't a good candidate, or that he just should have shaved his head.

Some people need a lot of density to be happy, while other people just desire having their face framed again. Some people long for their eighteen year old mop of hair, and others are happy with something age appropriate where they are not considered "bald" by others.

We don't always know what the discussion was between the patient and doctor. It's quite possible that Dr. Reed gave this patient very realistic expectations that ended up being met. In the patient's mind, the goal has then been accomplished and the surgery was a huge success. Hair transplants are about incremental improvements that are hopefully satisfactory to an individual patient. Everyone has different needs, desires, and goals.

Great job showcasing this doc. Well, we work with what we have and his appearance is definitely improved.

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I think people are forgetting that this guy is a NW6 with only 2000 grafts! He should have 3-5k grafts left for placement. Is this correct Dr. Reed?

Well he might be ecstatic but he did go in for another surgery.
No one is telling this guy to shave because he didnt post this, the doc did.
My comment was what I would have did if I didnt have zippers all over my dome, and for others whom are told they have tight thin scalps.
This result is extremely natural but just like a nw 4 that has 4000 grafts planted which turns back the hands of time going from a nice clean shaved/cut low look to a thin head of hair does the opposite . It seems to add years.

I did notice that the majority of Dr Reeds cases are around 2000 grafts.
Maybe thats a number he feels comfortable with.
He does seem to get the most from ones grafts with great placement.
There hasnt been one comment that this was bad work just not a WOW result that most clinic only present .
There are alot more of these cases out there then WOW results so for the Dr to show this is refreshing

I would agree, Dakota3. Probably closer to the 3K than 5K short term. We want to keep some grafts in reserve, probably to be done by FUE, since we don't know how much more he will bald.

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